title: 2-[(2-Chloro-phen-yl)(hy-droxy)meth-yl]phenol.
abstract: In the title compound, C13H11ClO2, the dihedral angle between the mean planes of the 2-chloro-phenyl and phenol rings is 87.4 (9)°. The methyl hy-droxy group lies nearly perpendicular to the plane of its attached benzene ring [O-C-C-C torsion angle = 84.3 (3)°]. The two hy-droxy groups lie on the same side of the mol-ecule and are in a slightly twisted gauche conformation [O-C-C-O torsion angle = 77.1 (8)°] to each other. In the crystal, O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds between nearby methyl-hydroxy groups form dimers in alternating pairs aligned diagonally along the b axis. A view along the c axis reveals a hexa-meric aggregate mediated by a ring of six O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds generating an R 6 (6)(12) motif loop.
authors.affiliation: Department of Studies in Chemistry, University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore 570 006, India.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Prakasha
authors.forename: Jerry P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Jasinski
authors.forename: Jared S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Yathirajan
authors.forename: D K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Ravishankara